ORANGE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orange tree mean? 

• ORANGE TREE (noun)
  The noun ORANGE TREE has 1 sense:

1. any citrus tree bearing oranges

  Familiarity information: ORANGE TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORANGE TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any citrus tree bearing oranges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

orange; orange tree

Hypernyms ("orange tree" is a kind of...):

citrus; citrus tree (any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery aromatic rinds)

Meronyms (parts of "orange tree"):

orange (round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees)

Meronyms (substance of "orange tree"):

orangewood (fine-grained wood of an orange tree; used in fine woodwork)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "orange tree"):

bigarade; bitter orange; bitter orange tree; Citrus aurantium; marmalade orange; Seville orange; sour orange (any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit; used as grafting stock)

bergamot; bergamot orange; Citrus bergamia (small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery; Italy)

Citrus sinensis; sweet orange; sweet orange tree (probably native to southern China; widely cultivated as source of table and juice oranges)

Citrus nobilis; king orange; tangor; temple orange; temple orange tree (large citrus tree having large sweet deep orange fruit that is easily peeled; widely cultivated in Florida)

Holonyms ("orange tree" is a member of...):

genus Citrus (orange; lemon; lime; etc.)

 Context examples 

A type of orange tree grown in Italy.

(Bergamot, NCI Dictionary)

Meg's had roses and heliotrope, myrtle, and a little orange tree in it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The scientific name for the bergamot orange tree is Citrus bergamia.

(Bergamot, NCI Dictionary)